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THE BOOK OF<br/>
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CHAPTER 27
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Job asserts his righteousness—When the wicked are buried in death, terrors shall take hold on them.
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Moreover</span> Job continued his parable, and said,
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<i>As</i> God liveth, <i>who</i> hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, <i>who</i> hath vexed my soul;
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All the while my breath <i>is</i> in me, and the spirit of God <i>is</i> in my nostrils;
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My lips shall not speak <sup>a</sup><a href="job/27/4a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ps. 5: 4 (4-12).">wickedness</a>, nor my tongue utter <sup>b</sup><a href="job/27/4b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Deceit; TG Honesty.">deceit</a>.
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God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not <sup>a</sup><a href="job/27/5a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Perseverance.">remove</a> mine <sup>b</sup><a href="job/27/5b" mark="b" type="C" title="Mosiah 24: 15 (15-16); D&C 54: 10; TG Integrity; TG Sincerity; TG Steadfastness.">integrity</a> from me.
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My <sup>a</sup><a href="job/27/6a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Righteousness.">righteousness</a> I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not <sup>b</sup><a href="job/27/6b" mark="b" type="A" title="Alma 29: 5.">reproach</a> <i>me</i> so long as I live.
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Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.
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For what <i>is</i> the <sup>a</sup><a href="job/27/8a" mark="a" type="A" title="Alma 34: 33 (33-35).">hope</a> of the hypocrite, though he hath <sup>b</sup><a href="job/27/8b" mark="b" type="A" title="Matt. 16: 26.">gained</a>, when God taketh away his soul?
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Will God <sup>a</sup><a href="job/27/9a" mark="a" type="A" title="Prov. 1: 28.">hear</a> his <sup>b</sup><a href="job/27/9b" mark="b" type="C" title="Mosiah 11: 24 (21-25); Mosiah 21: 14 (14-15); TG God, Access to.">cry</a> when trouble cometh upon him?
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Will he delight himself in the <sup>a</sup><a href="job/27/10a" mark="a" type="A" title="Mosiah 11: 23.">Almighty</a>?  will he always call upon God?
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I will teach you by the hand of God: <i>that</i> which <i>is</i> with the Almighty will I not conceal.
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Behold, all ye yourselves have seen <i>it;</i> why then are ye thus altogether vain?
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This <i>is</i> the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of <sup>a</sup><a href="job/27/13a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Injustice; TG Oppression.">oppressors</a>, <i>which</i> they shall receive of the Almighty.
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If his <sup>a</sup><a href="job/27/14a" mark="a" type="A" title="Deut. 28: 41; 2 Ne. 23: 16 (15-16).">children</a> be multiplied, <i>it is</i> for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
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Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.
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Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare <sup>a</sup><a href="job/27/16a" mark="a" type="A" title="3 Ne. 13: 25.">raiment</a> as the clay;
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He may prepare <i>it,</i> but the just shall put <i>it</i> on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
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He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth <i>that</i> the keeper maketh.
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The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he <i>is</i> not.
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Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
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The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.
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For <i>God </i>shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.
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<i>Men</i> shall <sup>a</sup><a href="job/27/23a" mark="a" type="A" title="Lam. 2: 15.">clap</a> their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.
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